Caroline Fontenot

“Christianity is not about learning how to live within the lines; Christianity is about the joy of coloring.”
― Mike Yaconelli, Dangerous Wonder: The Adventure of Childlike Faith

“When the church takes affairs of the state more seriously than they do Jesus, Pax Romana becomes its gospel and the president becomes the Son of God.

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― Shane Claiborne, Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals

“Today the logic goes something like this: 'Calling a ruler Son of God is out of style. No one really does that nowadays. We can support a president while also worshiping Jesus as the Son of God.' But how is this possible? For one says that we must love our enemies, and the other says we must kill them; one promotes the economics of competition, while the other admonishes the forgiveness of debts. To which do we pledge allegiance?”
― Shane Claiborne, Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals

“The moment God is figured out with nice neat lines and definitions, we are no longer dealing with God.”
― Rob Bell, Velvet Elvis: Repainting the Christian Faith